A chinese man living in Germany with a doctorate degree has been convicted of smuggling premium whisky to China

For a man with a doctorate and overseas education, Gong Yimin’s downfall was surprisingly pedestrian: whisky. Not just any whisky, but thousands of bottles of premium Scotch, slipped past Chinese customs under the radar — and vastly undervalued. 

For a man with a doctorate and overseas education, Gong Yimin’s downfall was surprisingly pedestrian: whisky. Not just any whisky, but thousands of bottles of premium Scotch, slipped past Chinese customs under the radar — and vastly undervalued. 

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